Since Chrome is now the default web browser - for good or bad - I decided to benchmark it against it's main rivals Dolphin, Firefox and Opera. I've also included results for the iPad mini but since those results were scored on Safari 6 it's not an apples-to-apples comparison...

Since Chrome is now the default web browser - for good or bad - I decided to benchmark it against it's main rivals Dolphin, Firefox and Opera. I've also included results for the iPad mini but since those results were scored on Safari 6 it's not an apples-to-apples comparison...

Great stats and it looks like Dolphin is a steady winner. I use Puffin, though, for the Flash capabilities and wonder how it might figure in compared to the others. Seems to work fantastic for me with no glitches and is quite fast.

Great stats and it looks like Dolphin is a steady winner. I use Puffin, though, for the Flash capabilities and wonder how it might figure in compared to the others. Seems to work fantastic for me with no glitches and is quite fast.

I've used Puffin before and I rather liked it - fast, lightweight and stable - but I'm only testing browsers that are compatible with the 2.1 update and available in the Play Store, not browsers that require root or "unknown sources" hacks.

Great stats and it looks like Dolphin is a steady winner. I use Puffin, though, for the Flash capabilities and wonder how it might figure in compared to the others. Seems to work fantastic for me with no glitches and is quite fast.

I've used Puffin before and I rather liked it - fast, lightweight and stable - but I'm only testing browsers that are compatible with the 2.1 update and available in the Play Store, not browsers that require root or "unknown sources" hacks.

Puffin is compatible with the 2.1 update, though not available through the Google Play store. For some unknown reason they say there that it's not compatible, but BN offers it through their store for $3. Might be a good thing, too, as it won't try to compete update with Google Play which can be quite annoying.

I use Puffin, though, for the Flash capabilities and wonder how it might figure in compared to the others. Seems to work fantastic for me with no glitches and is quite fast.

You were right on the money. I tested Puffin Free and it's numbers were stellar. Flash can be a little laggy but the JavaScipt performance is stunning. I'll post the hard figures later.

I tried to run the test but it kept saying my browser was Google Chrome 11. Was a bit perplexed so I went and disabled Chrome in the Play store and tired to run the test once again. Unfortunately it listed my browser not as Puffin, but Chrome once again. Decided to wait and figure it out later as I had a slew of things to do this past weekend. Glad to hear the numbers were what I thought they would be. I'm very happy using this browser over Chrome, like I've said before, just for the Flash support. Would love to see the figures you came up with.